Some might argue Arthur more so than Lancelot, but I'm actually not really sure about that. It's easier to blame Arthur, since he's the one who still thinks everything is fine and Lancelot's the one in pain, but that's because Lancelot has deliberately, over their entire relationship, hid his true feelings from Arthur. Arthur doesn't know how conflicted Lancelot is over their relationship since Lancelot never told him, and really, how could Arthur know if Lancelot always pretends it's fine? It's one of those "if you don't know why I'm upset, I'm not going to tell you" dynamics that plays out so frequently in relationships.
Yeah, they're both to blame. But I just love it. It's such perfect angst. It's complicated, and interesting, and I always feel like their relationship is on a knife's edge--with just a few words they could finally resolve their problems and be happy together or they could finally tear each other apart. Which is why I'm still here, what, 130,000 words and two years later?
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Date: 2007-12-12 06:43 pm (UTC)It's easier to blame Arthur, since he's the one who still thinks everything is fine and Lancelot's the one in pain, but that's because Lancelot has deliberately, over their entire relationship, hid his true feelings from Arthur. Arthur doesn't know how conflicted Lancelot is over their relationship since Lancelot never told him, and really, how could Arthur know if Lancelot always pretends it's fine? It's one of those "if you don't know why I'm upset, I'm not going to tell you" dynamics that plays out so frequently in relationships.
Yeah, they're both to blame. But I just love it. It's such perfect angst. It's complicated, and interesting, and I always feel like their relationship is on a knife's edge--with just a few words they could finally resolve their problems and be happy together or they could finally tear each other apart. Which is why I'm still here, what, 130,000 words and two years later?